Levi Landry

"If you have done what we have done with this project, which is drain some reserves to make sure that we don't have a major tax hit to meet these costs, then at some point in the future there will be a tax hit."

"We hear the concerns and we're committed to working on those problems to ensure there is sustainable maternity care in Kamloops."

"I get a call from Crown counsel almost everyday of the week explaining that they have too much on their plate and they're concerned about dropping the ball."

"If we say no, then the encampment stays — simple as that — because there's no where for them to go."

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Some felt a groundbreaking ceremony while facing a potential 10% tax hike was "not the best timing."

Including the arts centre, three major civic projects will now cost taxpayers more than half-a-billion dollars.

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"By mandating that, it means a whole group of other people don't get their health looked after."

"We can't stand outside and wait for teams to arrive while people are actively being killed inside, right? So it's all hands on deck, and the first person that arrives gets to go first."

"If we're going to drive down the tax rate, we've got to start with areas with the biggest tax hit."

“Based on the sentiment, people that I’ve talked to in the riding, there’s really a lot of people disgusted with her and her politics."

"How do we ensure free speech is encouraged and speech that crosses the line is not? Is it the recipient? Is it the person that investigates the speech, is it the courts?"

And iNFOnews.ca has learned that that one person has now moved, largely resolving the problem.

He signed the deal five months ago, blaming the mayor for his departure.

Police said Mayor Reid Hamer-Jackson and the suspect came to "a peaceful conclusion."

Completion of the first tower at City Gardens has been delayed a few months to the spring of 2026.

"The Kamloops situation was not ideal because, obviously, for all involved it probably would be best if we could come out quickly with a resolution on that."

"The idea is that in a four-hour block of time, a person would experience a microcosm of what they would get if they went into a drop-in centre."

The school hasn't cleared the event, but that hasn't stopped OneBC leader Dallas Brodie and author Frances Widdowson from moving forward on their plans.

“There was a big question mark out there. You don’t want to send your children into the line of fire on a question mark."

"New things have to be tried so we don't require people to work more hours."

“I think perhaps we have put our heads down in the best and just tried to keep on keeping on. We haven’t communicated as well as we could and we haven’t leveraged community force.”